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Twice in the past week, CM has heard calls from different truck manufacturers for the Department of Transport (DfT1 [and by...
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CM EXCLUSIVE By Chris Tindall and David Harris UK TRAILER manufacturers are facing up to an uncertain future as the recession...
HYUNDAI'S NEW iLoad Comfort panel van is now available, offering an economically priced vehicle with many standard features...
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By Roger Brow: THE GiVIB UNION claims the "writing is on the wall" for around 900 jobs, including 300 drivers, at Wincanton's...
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in the final quarter of 2008 By Brian Weatherley SALES OF NEW trucks and vans during 2008 turned out to be the classic 'game...
IVECO IS LOBBYING the Department for Transport (DM to extend the Reduced Pollution Certificate (RPC) for enhanced...
OUR RECENT REVIEW of onboard weighing systems omitted to mention the /Wog Alpha system from RDSTechnology.Versions are...
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ay Rcianna Avison PHILIP BROWN has vowed to ensure the 0-licensing system is as efficient as it can possibly be when he becomes...
DI IL EXPRESS IS planning to close five domestic service centres — which employ a total of 60 people — around the UK. The...
On Friday morning a message was posted on TruckNet UK regarding one of the forum's longstanding members. Andrew Gormanly, known...
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By Roanna Avison HAULIERS COULD hang on to their workers rather than make them redundant through a scheme to help them loan...
THE BRITISH VEHICLE Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) is introducing an annual independent maintenance and service audit...
A MONTH Al lER agreeing a deal in principle, the administrator for Milbank 'Ducks has finalised the sale of the firm's assets....
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By Chris Tindall A SCRAP METAL haulier with an "abysmal" and - appalling" annual vehicle test failure record and prohibition...
LEYLAND TRUCKS has called on the Government to give the UK's truck market the same kind of financial support it has given the...
AUSTRIA'S DECISION to ban heavy trucks from a section of the Al2 motorway in Tyrol is to be challenged by the European...
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By Chris Tindall A NORFOLK paving haulier believes he was deliberately targeted by arsonists who destroyed most of his fleet of...
A LOUGHBOROUGH truck driver has been making an effort to supplement his income by taking on work as a male escort. The...
HGV driver Lucy Radley admits to being quite a fan of Active Traffic Management... What short memories we all have. Last week...
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Volvo's 700hp FH16 takes European heavy truck operators into uncharted territory. So who wants "the world's most powerful...
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limited —100 units for 2009 is an ambitious target, and barring the few over-indulgent owner-drivers, the majority of sales are...
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It was all-change for the Traffic Commissioners last year. They had to adjust to life with a centralised operation in Leeds,...
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I READ WITH interest Rikki Chequer's column (CM 18 December 2008) that lauded the Professional Drivers Association's proposed...
I HAVE JUST picked up a copy of your magazine (CM 27 November 2008) and in it you ask: do you have an opinion? Well.! have....
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In the first of our special three-part trailer series, CM speaks to Bernard Krone, MD and co-owner of trailer-maker Krone, who...
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Want to know how much your competitors are paying their drivers? In the first part of an ongoing series, we map Britain and...
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Operator who paid his drivers a bonus for working illegal hours "richly deserved" his custodial sentence A HAULIER WHO was...
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dangerous driving against David Furnival of Congleton. The court heard that a car driven by Margaret Robinson had pulled out...
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AN OPERATOR who received 20 prohibitions in five years has had his licence revoked.The Traffic Area Office had not been...
AN OPERATOR who falsely claimed to have a workshop and who surrendered effective management control to his nephew has had his...
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An ambitious EU-funded scheme aims to improve the Lot of international. drivers by upgrading truckstops to approved standards...
Label, a blue-flag scheme for secured truck parking areas, with a project budget of €2.7m (£2.4m) running over 21 months. It...
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One of the five SETPOS sites is Ashford International Truckstop (AIT) at M20 junction 10. Security upgrades have been part...
SETPOS was launched as a European pilot project with the aim of developing a secure parking standard across Europe. Its first...
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wheeled wares, with history or ability — or both — playing a vital role in this. And despite the fact that there may be plenty...
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Citrobn's party piece is building small, fun hatchbacks, and the removal of the rear seats on the C2 has had little effect on...
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It weighs 550 tonnes, carries 514 people and their luggage, and is the biggest thing to hit Heathrow since The Beatles...
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Trials of the final spec of the A380 high-lift started in May 2006. The companies servicing the A380 didn't all go for the same...
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To get a better idea of the range of vehicles operated airside at Heathrow, we spoke to one of the biggest ground-handling...
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equipment to keep hands protected where there is a risk of injury. We take a look at the options out there. Words: Julian...
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• Manual handling: hands may be pierced by abrasive, sharp or pointed objects or be damaged by impact when handling goods. •...
As kerns of personal. protective equipment iPPEL safety gkwes are rated depending on the levet of hazard they protect against •...
• Are the gloves appropriate for the risks involved and the conditions at the place where exposure to risk may occur? For...
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Seven years have past since Scania unveiled its novel answer to reducing the number of fatalities caused by car-truck head-on...
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2003 Scania Road Safety Conference, various workshops were held on the topic of tar-to-truck crash compatibility', with...
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British Car Auctions has long urged fleets and teasing companies to up-spec their vans when buying new in order to make them...
reckons BCA, but can add some considerable value to the right vehicle because the self-employed tradesman will always favour a...